Have you had enough of being driven back inside your house on a summer day due to gas-powered leaf blowers, only to find that the noise penetrates through the walls and windows of your house? Hundreds of towns and cities across North America have banned the use of gas-powered leaf blowers.
The Town of Oakville and Oakville Transit, the Canadian Federal government and Geotab, and other local businesses, including Ford Motor Co, have invested in electric vehicle resources.
Future Energy Oakville (FEO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Wayne Steffler as its Interim Executive Director, effective immediately.
Ford Motor Co. has revealed some details of its plan to spend $1.8 billion on its Oakville Assembly Complex to turn it into an electric vehicle production hub in the latest commitment by an automaker transitioning towards an electric future.
The automaker said Tuesday that it will start retooling the Ontario complex in the second quarter of 2024 and begin producing electric vehicles in 2025.
Ontario is in a strong position to decarbonize its rapidly growing electricity grid, with a moratorium on new natural gas generation being feasible starting in 2027, according to a new report requested by the province’s Minister of Energy and produced by Ontario’s Independent Electricity System (IESO).
We are deeply saddened to announce that FEO’s Executive Director Richard Thomas passed away on December 11, 2022. Richard joined Future Energy Oakville (FEO) as its Executive Director on August 29, 2022. His intense concern for addressing the climate emergency facing Oakville (and our planet) is what initially drew Richard to work with FEO. During …
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Extreme rainfall caused by climate change could cost municipalities in Ontario an additional $700 million a year to maintain stormwater and wastewater infrastructure, the province’s financial watchdog warns. In a new report released on Tuesday, the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) says severe weather will cost municipalities millions more in the coming decades if …
Canada’s first climate adaptation strategy, unveiled last week, commits the federal government to new targets for preventing extreme heat deaths, reversing species loss and protecting homes in flood- and wildfire-prone areas. Environment and Climate Change Canada released the strategy — which has been almost two years in the making — in Prince Edward Island, one …
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Read Canada’s National Statement delivered by Minister Guilbeault at COP27 (United Nations Climate Change Conference) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt Statement November 15, 2022 – Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt “Mr. President, Your Excellencies, and distinguished guests, I am happy to join you here in Sharm El-Sheikh. “This September, Atlantic Canada felt the wrath of Hurricane Fiona. Lives …
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